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Recognised as Colour

#A0BAE8

  • #A0BAE8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A0BAE8 is a blue with RGB values 160, 186, 232 and HSL 218°, 61%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A0BAE8#A0BAE8
HEX#A0BAE8
RGBrgb(160, 186, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.7294, 0.9098
RGB percentages62.7%, 72.9%, 91%
HSLhsl(218.3, 61%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.3, 31%, 91%)
CMYK31%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,533,608
CSS custom property--colour: #A0BAE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48418WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.68:1
Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#5F4517

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABBDEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3B6E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#8BC3C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.5Light skyblue · ΔE 13.6Sky blue · ΔE 17.6Thistle · ΔE 20.8Light blue · ΔE 21Lavender · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8CEA0
Analogous#A0DEE8, #AAA0E8
Triadic#E8A0BA, #BAE8A0
Split complementary#E8AAA0, #DEE8A0
Tetradic#E8A0DE, #E8CEA0, #A0E8AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F6FC
Lighter +10%#C9D8F2
Darker −10%#779CDE
Darker −20%#4E7ED4
Darker −30%#2F63C0
Darker −40%#254E97
More saturated +25%#91B6F7
Less saturated −25%#AFBED9

Channel breakdown

R160
G186
B232
Red160 (62.7%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue218.33°
Saturation (HSL)61.02%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G BA · B E8

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